The 2024 Annual Mercy Deputy Principals’ Conference was held in Perth this year. The three-day event, held from 6-8 September, was well attended with Principals from Mercy Education and Affiliate Schools. Attendees enjoyed a range of topical presentations from speakers across three locations in Perth: Mercedes College, Santa Maria College and St Brigid’s College.
Presentations included:
- Formation, Walking in Ursula’s footsteps
- Bishop’s Conference Paper – Created and Loved: Rev Fr Joe Parkinson, Director Catholic Bioethics Perth
- Leading Gender Inclusive Schools – Tim Wong, Catholic Education Western Australia
- Catering For Neurodivergent Students and Staff – Paschal McCarthy and Mary-Anne Reynolds.
- Leading a Culturally Diverse Community – Rachael Valentine, St Aloysius College, North Melbourne
- Creating a Diversity and Inclusion Strategy – Jen Oaten, Santa Maria College Attadale.
Deputy Principal Seminar Participants September 2023.
Mercedes College Heritage Walk.
Mercedes College Convent Chapel.
Santa Maria College Opening Liturgy.